Independent Spirit al millor guió

Tipus	categoria de premi de cinema premi al millor guió Premis Independent Spirit
Vigència	1985  -
Estat	Estats Units d'Amèrica

El Independent Spirit al millor guió (en anglès: Film Independent's Spirit Award for Best Screenplay) és el premi anual atorgat als Premis Independent Spirit al millor guió.^[1]

Subratllats en negreta els guanyadors i la resta els nominats.

• 1985: The Trip to Bountiful - Horton Foote
  • Quina Nit! - Joseph Minion
  • Sang fàcil - Joel Coen i Ethan Coen
  • Smooth Talk - Tom Cole
• 1986: Platoon - Oliver Stone
  • Vellut Blau - David Lynch
  • A Great Wall - Peter Wang i Shirley Sun
  • Salvador - Oliver Stone i Richard Boyle
  • Stand by Me - Raynold Gideon i Bruce A. Evans
• 1987: River's Edge - Neal Jimenez
  • Anna - Agnieszka Holland
  • The Dead - Tony Huston
  • Matewan - John Sayles
  • Swimming to Cambodia - Spalding Gray
• 1988: Lliçons inoblidables - Ramon Menendez i Tom Musca
  • Five Corners - John Patrick Shanley
  • Hairspray - John Waters
  • The Moderns - Alan Rudolph i John Bradshaw
  • Patti Rocks - John Jenkins, Karen Landry, David Burton Morris i Chris Mulkey
• 1989: Drugstore Cowboy - Gus Van Sant i Daniel Yost
  • 84 Charlie Mopic - Patrick Sheane Duncan
  • Heathers - Daniel Waters
  • Miracle Mile - Steve De Jarnatt
  • Mystery Train - Jim Jarmusch

• 1990: To Sleep with Anger - Charles Burnett
  • Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer - John McNaughton i Richard Fire
  • Metropolitan - Whit Stillman
  • The Plot Against Harry - Michael Roemer
  • Rebel·lió a les ones - Allan Moyle
• 1991: My Own Private Idaho - Gus Van Sant
  • Hangin' with the Homeboys - Joseph Vasquez
  • Kafka - Lem Dobbs
  • Mindwalk - Floyd Byars and Fritjof Capra
  • The Rapture - Michael Tolkin
• 1992: The Waterdance - Neal Jimenez
  • Gas Food Lodging - Allison Anders
  • Light Sleeper - Paul Schrader
  • A Midnight Clear - Keith Gordon
  • One False Move - Billy Bob Thornton i Tom Epperson
• 1993: Short Cuts - Robert Altman i Frank Barhydt
  • Combination Platter - Edwin Baker i Tony Chan
  • Household Saints - Nancy Savoca i Richard Guay
  • Ruby in Paradise - Victor Nuñez
  • The Wedding Banquet - Ang Lee, Neil Peng i James Schamus
• 1994: Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino i Roger Avary
  • Bullets Over Broadway - Woody Allen i Douglas McGrath
  • Eat Drink Man Woman - Hui-Ling Wang, James Schamus i Ang Lee
  • La senyora Parker i el cercle viciós - Alan Rudolph i Randy Sue Coburn
  • Red Rock West - John Dahl i Rick Dahl
• 1995: Sospitosos habituals - Christopher McQuarrie
  • Leaving Las Vegas - Mike Figgis
  • Living in Oblivion - Tom DiCillo
  • Safe - Todd Haynes
  • The Secret of Roan Inish - John Sayles
• 1996: Fargo - Joel Coen i Ethan Coen
  • Dead Man - Jim Jarmusch
  • Flirtejant amb el desastre - David O. Russell
  • The Funeral - Nicholas St. John
  • Lone Star - John Sayles
• 1997: Chasing Amy - Kevin Smith
  • The Apostle - Robert Duvall
  • Tocat - Paul Schrader
  • Ulee's Gold - Victor Nuñez
  • Waiting for Guffman - Christopher Guest i Eugene Levy
• 1998: El contrari del sexe - Don Roos
  • Affliction - Paul Schrader
  • Blind Faith - Frank Military
  • Gods and Monsters - Bill Condon
  • La trama - David Mamet
• 1999: Election - Alexander Payne i Jim Taylor
  • Dogma - Kevin Smith
  • Guinevere - Audrey Wells
  • The Limey - Lem Dobbs
  • SLC Punk! - James Merendino

• 2000: You Can Count on Me - Kenneth Lonergan
  • Chuck & Buck - Mike White
  • Love & Sex - Valerie Breiman
  • Two Family House - Raymond De Felitta
  • Waking the Dead - Robert Dillon
• 2001: Memento - Christopher Nolan
  • El creient - Henry Bean
  • In the Bedroom - Robert Festinger i Todd Field
  • Monster's Ball - Milo Addica i Will Rokos
  • Waking Life - Richard Linklater
• 2002: The Good Girl - Mike White
  • Lovely & Amazing - Nicole Holofcener
  • Roger Dodger - Dylan Kidd
  • Thirteen Conversations About One Thing - Jill Sprecher i Karen Sprecher
  • Tully - Hilary Birmingham i Matt Drake
• 2003: Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola
  • American Splendor - Shari Springer Berman i Robert Pulcini
  • A Mighty Wind - Christopher Guest i Eugene Levy (i la resta del casting)
  • Pieces of April - Peter Hedges
  • Shattered Glass - Billy Ray
• 2004: Entre copes - Alexander Payne i Jim Taylor
  • Baadasssss! - Mario Van Peebles i Dennis Haggerty
  • Abans de la posta - Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy i Ethan Hawke
  • Una dona difícil - Tod Williams
  • Kinsey - Bill Condon
• 2005: Capote - Dan Futterman
  • Nou vides (Nine Lives) - Rodrigo García
  • Una història de Brooklyn - Noah Baumbach
  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada - Guillermo Arriaga
  • The War Within - Ayad Akhtar, Joseph Castelo i Tom Glynn
• 2006: Thank You for Smoking - Jason Reitman
  • Amics amb diners - Nicole Holofcener
  • The Illusionist - Neil Burger
  • The Painted Veil - Ron Nyswaner
  • Sorry, Haters - Jeff Stanzler
• 2007: he Savages - Tamara Jenkins
  • Le Scaphandre et le Papillon - Ronald Harwood
  • Starting Out in the Evening - Fred Parnes i Andrew Wagner
  • Waitress - Adrienne Shelly
  • Year of the Dog - Mike White
• 2008: Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Woody Allen
  • Sangre de Mi Sangre - Christopher Zalla
  • Savage Grace - Howard A. Rodman
  • Sugar - Anna Boden i Ryan Fleck
  • Synecdoche, New York - Charlie Kaufman
• 2009: (500) Days of Summer - Scott Neustadter i Michael H. Weber
  • Adventureland - Greg Mottola
  • L'última estació - Michael Hoffman
  • The Messenger - Alessandro Camon i Oren Moverman
  • The Vicious Kind - Lee Toland Krieger

• 2010: Els nois estan bé - Stuart Blumberg i Lisa Cholodenko
  • Life During Wartime - Todd Solondz
  • Please Give - Nicole Holofcener
  • Rabbit Hole - David Lindsay-Abaire
  • Winter's Bone - Debra Granik i Anne Rosellini
• 2011: The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon i Jim Rash
  • The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
  • Beginners - Mike Mills
  • Footnote - Joseph Cedar
  • Win Win - Thomas McCarthy
• 2012: Silver Linings Playbook - David O. Russell
  • Keep the Lights On - Ira Sachs i Mauricio Zacharias
  • Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson i Roman Coppola
  • Ruby Sparks - Zoe Kazan
  • Seven Psychopaths - Martin McDonagh
• 2013:
  • 12 Years a Slave - John Ridley
  • Before Midnight - Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke i Richard Linklater
  • Blue Jasmine - Woody Allen
  • Enough Said - Nicole Holofcener
  • The Spectacular Now - Scott Neustadter i Michael H. Weber

• Pàgina web oficial dels Premis Independent Spirit (anglès)
• Llista completa de nominats i guanyadors al web oficial Arxivat 2012-07-23 a Wayback Machine. (anglès)